    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book III)]
    [December 8, 2004]
    [Pages 3061-3062]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Concurring on the Designation of Funds
    for the African Union Security Force and Construction of a Mail
    Irradiation Facility in Washington, DC
    December 8, 2004

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

        I hereby concur with the Congress in the designation of two
    provisions totaling $100 million provided in the Consolidated
    Appropriations Act, 2005 (H.R. 4818), as emergency requirements.
        These funds are necessary to support the African Union security
    force in Darfur, as well as to construct a mail irradiation facility in
    Washington, D.C. Additional information is set forth in the attached
    letter from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

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             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the
    Senate.